Elmshorn Hafen gauge Krückau · km 0

Activity outlook

• 🚢 Shippingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
• 🛶 Paddlingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ change over 24 h ≤ 20 cm
• 🎣 Fishingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ change over 24 h ≤ 30 cm
• 🏊 Swimmingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ water temperature ≥ 15 °C
  • ✓ water temperature ≥ 18 °C
  • ? EU bathing site ≤ 5 km rated excellent/good
  • ✗ not a federal waterway with shipping

• Status: no thresholds · 24 h trend: -6 cm · Water temperature: 19.5 °C

Calculated by fixed rules from official data. For orientation only – not a safety guarantee. Always check official warnings and conditions on site. See the rules

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Paddling: access points & locks

Put-ins and slipways (≤ 5 km)

• Slipway 0.8 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Segler-Verein Elmshorn e.V. 0.8 km
• Marina: Wasser-Sportverein-Elmshorn e. V. 1.1 km
• Marina: Sportboothafen Seester 5.7 km
• Marina: Hafen Seestermühe 7.8 km

Straight-line distance from the gauge. Entries from OpenStreetMap, not officially verified; check lock hours with the WSV.

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• Nordseeküstenroute (Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein) 0.6 km
• EuroVelo 12 - Nordseeküsten-Radweg - Abschnitt Deutschland 0.6 km
• [D10] Elberadweg rechtselbisch [Abschnitt B] 0.6 km

EuroVelo, German D-network and other long-distance routes passing within 3 km of the gauge (straight-line distance to the nearest route point). Check the route and its condition locally.

Fishing: Schleswig-Holstein

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs, Meerforelle

Fishing rules Schleswig-Holstein →

State derived from the gauge location; on border waters check both states. Checked 2026-10-23

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↓ downstream Krückau-Sperrwerk Bp km 10.5 361 cm ○ no thresholds

Krückau: gauges →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• KRUECKAU DERW_DESH_KR_09
  Ecological potential: good (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
• KRUECKAU DERW_DESH_KR_11
  Ecological potential: moderate (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027

Official assessment of the water body at this gauge from the 2022 river basin management plans (WFD target: at least “good”). It rates the whole water body, not today’s water quality.

Location

Sources & licences

• Water level/Discharge/Water temperature: PEGELONLINE (WSV), DL-DE Zero 2.0
• Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap